[The E]

So, anyone planning on getting into this one?

[Grizzly]

I actually had some random tidbit in me saying that I should probably try it out.

Then again, I will probably not be able to sink a lot of time into it, which apperently is vital for long term MMO enjoyment.

[SpardaSon21]

Am I planning on buying a high-quality MMO with no monthly fees and a minimum of grinding?  Yes!

[NGTM-1R]

Am I planning on buying a high-quality MMO with no monthly fees and a minimum of grinding?  Yes!

I'm pretty sure you're talking about something else.

[SpardaSon21]

So what, is Guild Wars 2 going to charge monthly fees and have a huge level cap?  I heard they were going to use the same model Guild Wars 1 did.

[NGTM-1R]

So what, is Guild Wars 2 going to charge monthly fees and have a huge level cap?  I heard they were going to use the same model Guild Wars 1 did.

You may be the first person I've heard suggest that GW1 wasn't grindy, though.

[SpardaSon21]

Compared to something like WoW it was certainly less of a grind.  The level cap in Guild Wars is only 20, and you can level up somewhat quickly doing story quests instead of randomly going out into the woods and hitting things with swords.

[Mikes]

You may be the first person I've heard suggest that GW1 wasn't grindy, though.

Name one other MMO where you can enjoy every single bit of content, including endgame dungeons and competitive PvP, without having to grind for one minute.

Grind in Guildwars has always been purely optional. It's still rather unique in that respect.

If you fail to see the rather huge difference to mainstream MMO's you kinda missed one of the main features of the game.

[Fury]

I pre-purchased GW2 a while ago and this weekend will be the first beta event I will be participating in.

The interesting thing is that the whole game consists of only two files. A compressed gw2.dat file that contains all game assets, currently sitting at 15.3 GB. And gw2.exe, the launcher that downloads updates and launches the game. There are two additional files created when the launcher is ran, chrome.log and Gw2.tmp. Both are usually empty.

The interesting thing is how GW2 uses single humongous file for assets. Seems to work very well for them. Since this beta is not under NDA, I'll be reporting my impressions on the beta weekend later.

[MatthTheGeek]

The interesting thing is that the whole game consists of only two files. A compressed gw2.dat file that contains all game assets, currently sitting at 15.3 GB. And gw2.exe, the launcher that downloads updates and launches the game. There are two additional files created when the launcher is ran, chrome.log and Gw2.tmp. Both are usually empty.

The interesting thing is how GW2 uses single humongous file for assets. Seems to work very well for them.

Not a new concept. For example, the Homeworld games do that, for the most part. There's usually a bunch of folders with config files and dlls all around though.

[Fury]

My lvl 10 charr engineer posing in the Black Citadel.


So far GW2 is very good MMO. It is definitely the next generation of MMO's, developers really have taken their time to see what was wrong in previous MMO's and made a lot of gameplay improvements. And best of all, no monthly fee.

[SpardaSon21]

Spoon and I are currently testing out new races and classes, and right now we're both Charr.  He's an Engineer, I'm a Thief, and we're both trying use as much dakka as we can.  The Charr starting area happens to be much better than the Norn one we were in previously, which could be a copy/paste from World of Warcraft.

I'm SpardaSon.9834 by the way if any of you want to friend me.

[pecenipicek]

i'm honestly a bit disappointed as they took a good chunk of the **** form aion and transposed it into GW. **** you, i want my inventory and char equip screens on the same damn screen!



the game is very fun so far, but the (at least human) starting area and quests are a huge, messy blur of confusion, screaming like a maniac and running the **** away really really fast.

[Spoon]

The real fun in this game is imho the RvRvR

[pecenipicek]

In other news, the game launches 28th August 2012. link

[azile0]

I've been playing all of the beta weekends and I enjoy the game so far. Just finished the Iron Legion Charr Engineer storyline, but I'm waiting for the Sylvari to available so I can play a Sylv Ranger or Guardian. I do enjoy that they have removed the holy trinity of MMOs, the fully voiced conversations and branching storylines. The Charr Engie even gets some defense missions (which I am a sucker  for) and was overall very fun.

[pecenipicek]

I've been playing all of the beta weekends and I enjoy the game so far. Just finished the Iron Legion Charr Engineer storyline, but I'm waiting for the Sylvari to available so I can play a Sylv Ranger or Guardian. I do enjoy that they have removed the holy trinity of MMOs, the fully voiced conversations and branching storylines. The Charr Engie even gets some defense missions (which I am a sucker  for) and was overall very fun.

you are aware that when the full game comes, you're losing the beta characters?

[azile0]

Of course. When do you ever get to keep beta characters? I don't mind re-starting, it comes with the territory.

[QuantumDelta]

If you think the holy trinity being removed is going to make 'raids' in any way less min-maxy you're so very sorely mistaken.
As for games that did competitive pvp / end game content with minimal grinding; Neocron. Pretty much end of list.

[Spoon]

It's not about less min-maxy, its about not having an entire 'raid group' being dependent on a single role being present.
In WoW you can't even start if you don't have the resident tank with all the latest epics and specs in the group. Or the healer not being available for the weekend.

http://youtu.be/3xGDL6QVL-8?hd=1